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question: Which cricket team does Ricky Ponting coach in the Indian Premier League?

option: Delhi Capitals

answer: 1

question: In which country did muesli originate?

option: Switzerland

answer: 1

question: Starting with K, what is a three-letter word for a baby ferret?

option: Kit

answer: 1

question: What is the surname of the title character in the British television crime drama series Vera?

option: Stanhope

answer: 1

question: A hendecagon has how many sides?

option: 11

answer: 1

question: From left to right, what are the colours of the five interlocking Olympic rings?

option: Blue, yellow, black, green, red

answer: 1

question: Name the Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly.

option: Dan Cregan

answer: 1

question: Name the winner of The Everest horse race at Royal Randwick in Sydney on October 16.

option: Nature Strip

answer: 1

question: What is the capital and largest city of Bahrain?

option: Manama

answer: 1

question: The adjective “lupine” refers to which animal?

option: Wolf

answer: 1

question: Which date marks the end of the Australian financial year?

option: June 30

answer: 1

question: Who became US president immediately after Richard Nixon, below, in 1974?

option: Gerald Ford

answer: 1

question: In which year did the 10th and final series of Friends end on US television?

option: 2004

answer: 1

question: How many of North America’s five Great Lakes are located entirely within the US?

option: One (Lake Michigan)

answer: 1

question: Who is the Blue Wiggle?

option: Anthony Field

answer: 1

question: In 1967, the address of which Adelaide disco was 52 Gawler Place, city?

option: Big Daddy’s

answer: 1

question: In which 1949 film did Marilyn Monroe appear with the Marx Brothers?

option: Love Happy

answer: 1

question: What is the 17th letter of the English alphabet?

option: Q

answer: 1

question: Name the prime number closest to 10.

option: 11

answer: 1

question: Which jockey rode Light Fingers to victory in the 1965 Melbourne Cup?

option: Roy Higgins

answer: 1

question: In which country was film director Luis Bunuel born in 1900?

option: Spain

answer: 1

question: Name the Premier of Western Australia.

option: Mark McGowan

answer: 1

question: Name the 1954 film in which US actor Danny Kaye played the role of a ventriloquist who became unwittingly involved with a gang of international spies.

option: Knock on Wood

answer: 1

question: Brad Symes and which other SANFL player tied for the 2012 Magarey Medal?

option: Joel Cross

answer: 1

question: Starting with R, what is another name for German measles?

option: Rubella

answer: 1

question: What is the process by which plants create oxygen?

option: Photosynthesis

answer: 1

question: In which city is the UN headquarters?

option: New York City

answer: 1

question: Proverbially, how many cooks spoil the broth?

option: Too many

answer: 1

question: What was the colour of the little rented rowboat about which US vocalist Joe Dowell sang in 1962?

option: Red

answer: 1

question: Which English author also wrote under the name Currer Bell?

option: Charlotte Bronte

answer: 1

question: Mt Bartle Frere is which Australian state’s highest mountain?

option: Queensland

answer: 1

question: On which day of the week will 2022 start?

option: Saturday

answer: 1

question: To what has US rapper Kanye West legally changed his name?

option: Ye

answer: 1

question: What colour are Daffy Duck’s feathers?

option: Black

answer: 1

question: To which family of musical instruments does the oboe belong?

option: Woodwind

answer: 1

question: What is the monetary unit of Brazil?

option: Brazilian real

answer: 1

question: Las Vegas is in which American state?

option: Nevada

answer: 1

question: The television series Squid Game comes from which country?

option: South Korea

answer: 1

question: Who played James Bond in the 1983 film Octopussy?

option: Roger Moore

answer: 1

question: How many minutes are in 120 hours?

option: 7200

answer: 1

question: Which company makes the breakfast cereal Sultana Bran?

option: Kellogg’s

answer: 1

question: Love Is In the Bin is a work by which English street artist?

option: Banksy

answer: 1

question: What sport do the Queensland Firebirds play?

option: Netball

answer: 1

question: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was a 2019 album by which US singer-songwriter?

option: Billie Eilish

answer: 1

question: Which king of France was known as the Sun King?

option: Louis XIV

answer: 1

question: “Wilt the Stilt” was a nickname of which US basketball player?

option: Wilt Chamberlain

answer: 1

question: Who was the first actor to play Doctor Who?

option: William Hartnell

answer: 1

question: According to a 1956 advertising slogan, which soft drink made “good things taste better”?

option: Coca-Cola

answer: 1

question: Who played Robin in the 1960s television series Batman?

option: Burt Ward

answer: 1

question: Released in 2007, what was the title of Australian rock band Silverchair’s fifth and final studio album?

option: Young Modern

answer: 1